1969 IN FILM

My favourite films released in the U.S. in 1969.





                     ON HER 

30. MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE

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29.
HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN

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28.     DEATH RIDES A HORSE

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27.           PUTNEY SWOPE

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26. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN

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25.          THE CREMATOR

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                THE CHRONICLE
24.  OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH

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23.GO, GO, SECOND TIME VIRGIN

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22.          SEVERAL FRIENDS

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21.  BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE

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20.                 PIT STOP

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19.                    KILL!

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18.      I AM CURIOUS: YELLOW

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17.       SIMON OF THE DESERT

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16.              IF...

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15.           STOLEN KISSES

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14.         LE GRAND AMOUR

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13.            BLIND BEAST

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12.     THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE

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11.            MEDIUM COOL

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               THE ROUND-UP

10.[SZEGÉNYLEGÉNYEK]

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9.               BLACK GIRL

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8.                  Z

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7.                SALESMAN

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6.           PIERROT LE FOU

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5.               EASY RIDER

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4.         MIDNIGHT COWBOY

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3.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST

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2.        ARMY OF SHADOWS

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1.           THE WILD BUNCH

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ALSO ESSENTIAL! NOT RANKED. 

(the other titles of '69 I loved that could've placed)

TEOREMA

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GRAŽUOLĖ

[THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL]

THEY SHOOT

HORSES, DON'T THEY?

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A TIME FOR DYING

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SPIRITS OF THE DEAD

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JACKAL OF NAHUELTORO

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VINNI-PUKH

[WINNIE-THE-POOH] Bинни-Пух

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MY NAME IS OONA

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I AM JOAQUIN

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THE INEXTINGUISHABLE FIRE

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DILLINGER IS DEAD

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PORCILE [PIGSTY]

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THE BED SITTING ROOM

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SWEET CHARITY

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THE LIVING SKELETON

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GENA THE CROCODILE

Крокодил Гена

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PLAY DIRTY

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PASSING DAYS

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INVOCATION
OF MY DEMON BROTHER

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DAY OF ANGER

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LAST SUMMER

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J.T.

.THAT COLD DAY IN THE PARK

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GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS

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ALICE'S RESTAURANT

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MAROONED

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WHERE EAGLES DARE

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TWISTED NERVE

TRUE GRIT

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FRANKENSTEIN 

MUST BE DESTROYED

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CARRY ON CAMPING

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GENOCIDE:

WAR OF THE INSECTS

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THE ITALIAN JOB

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1969

TOP 30

1. THE WILD BUNCH (Peckinpah)
2. ARMY OF SHADOWS (Melville)
3. ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (Leone)
4. MIDNIGHT COWBOY (Schlesinger)
5. EASY RIDER (Hopper)
6. PIERROT LE FOU (Godard)
7. SALESMAN (Maysles Bros.)
8. Z (Costa-Gavras)
9. BLACK GIRL (Sembène)
10. THE ROUND-UP (Jancsó)
11. MEDIUM COOL (Wexler)
12. UNFAITHFUL WIFE (Chabrol)
13. BLIND BEAST (Yasuzo Masumura)
14. LE GRAND AMOUR (Étaix)
15. STOLEN KISSES (Truffaut)
16. IF... (L.Anderson)
17. SIMON OF THE DESERT (Buñuel)
18. I AM CURIOUS: YELLOW (Sjöman)
19. KILL! (Kihachi Okamoto)
20. PIT STOP (J.Hill)
21. BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (Mazursky)
22. SEVERAL FRIENDS (Burnett)
23. GO GO SECOND TIME VIRGIN (Kôji Wakamatsu)
24. CHRONICLE OF ANNA BACH (Huillet/Straub)
25. THE CREMATOR (Herz)
26. TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN (Allen)
27. PUTNEY SWOPE (Downey Sr.)
28. DEATH RIDES A HORSE (Petroni)
29. HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN (Teruo Ishii)
30. HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (Hunt)

RUNNER UP

TEOREMA (Pasolini), THE BEAUTY (Žebriūnas), THEY SHOOT HORSES..? (Pollack), A TIME FOR DYING (Boetticher), SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (lots of dudes), JACKAL OF NAHUELTORO (Littin), VINNI-PUKH (Khitruk), MY NAME IS OONA (G.Nelson), I AM JOAQUIN (Valdez), INEXTINGUISHABLE FIRE (Farce), DILLINGER IS DEAD (Ferreri), PORCILE (Pasolini), BED SITTING ROOM (Lester), SWEET CHARITY (Fosse), LIVING SKELETON (Hiroshi Matsuno), KROKODIL GENA (Kachanov), PLAY DIRTY (De Toth), PASSING DAYS (Dragic), INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER (Anger), DAY OF ANGER (Valerii), LAST SUMMER (Perry), JT (Robert M. Young), THAT COLD DAY IN THE PARK (Altman), GOODBYE MR. CHIPS (Ross), ALICE'S RESTAURANT (Penn), MAROONED (J.Sturges), WHERE EAGLES DARE (Hutton), TWISTED NERVE (Boultings), TRUE GRIT (Hathaway), FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED (Fisher), CARRY ON CAMPING (G.Thomas), GENOCIDE (Kazui Nihonmatsu), ITALIAN JOB (Collinson)